ABC’s mid-season medical drama, Off the Map, recently concluded its first season on the air. The alphabet network’s been looking for a new hit drama and this one was produced by veteran producers of Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice. How does Off the Map stack up? Will it be cancelled or renewed for season two?
Off the Map revolves around six doctors who have “lost their way” and travel to a remote South American jungle to help those in need and to try to rediscover the reasons why they wanted to become physicians. The series features the talents of Caroline Dhavernas, Jason George, Jonathan Castellanos, Mamie Gummer, Martin Henderson, Rachelle Lefevre, Valerie Cruz, and Zach Gilford.
The medical drama premiered with a mediocre 2.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 7.57 million viewers. The TV series won its timeslot but was disrupted in some parts of the country by coverage of the Tucson Memorial. ABC decided to give Off the Map another chance to attract viewers by rerunning the first episode the following night, in place of a Private Practice rerun, and it retained much of the Grey’s Anatomy lead-in audience.
Unfortunately, that’s still not a great start and subsequent episodes of Off the Map essentially drew fewer and fewer viewers each week. The final episode of the season hit a series low and attracted a very poor 1.3 rating in the demo with only 3.80 million viewers.
Off the Map is the second-lowest scripted series on ABC that hasn’t already been officially cancelled, averaging a 1.7 in the demo and 4.96 million viewers. It ranks below doomed No Ordinary Family and just above doomed Detroit 1-8-7. In short, unless ABC really needs to keep Shonda Rhimes happy, there is no reason why the network would bring Off the Map back next year for season two.
What do you think? Do you think there’s any hope for Off the Map? Do you think it will be cancelled or renewed? Are you okay with the way the TV series ended?
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I love this show! Please give it another chance!
Low ratings of the finale could be in part due to ABCs lack of publicity that it was the season finale!
I love this show!
Give it a crossover with Grey’s, and maybe “transplant” one of the characters over and the ratings would soar!
Plus maybe an earlier timeslot than 10pm?
I LOVE this show…and can’t imagine Wednesday nights without it. I almost broke out in hives tonight when it wasn’t on…only to find out LAST week was the finale so I’m officially in OTM withdrawal now 🙁
Off The Map is great, give it another shot! There’s a bunch of us here in residence that watch it online because we don’t get cable and we LOVE IT.
I love this show! Give it some crossover with Grey’s, and maybe “transplant” one of the characters over and the ratings will soar! Also, 10pm is not the best time for this show, more like 8pm.
Give it another chance 🙂
I love this show so much! It’s one of my favorite shows on TV. I watch it every week, and I hope with all my heart that it comes back.
Oh come on!!! I love this show. Everytime there is a good show on tv the **** gets canceled. Please don’t cancel this.(off the map).
I think this is a great show. Think its sad that they renew season after season of all these shows of people with no talent. Good TV has come to watching falldowns/sideshows get drunk and hook up. Or we can watch ex playmates clean their house and go shopping, and theirs the middle aged housewifes cant forget them, getting drunk, botox, and just plain out embarrassing themselves with their childish behaviour. I think Off The Map is a great show with great story lines, these are real people with talent they can actually act. My family and i can watch… Read more »
It’s off the map and off my viewing screen
LOVE THIS SHOW !!! Please don’t cancell “Off the Map” ’cause it’s off the wall in talent and storyline…in my opinion anyway !!!
Ax it and don’t look back.
great show please give another chance.
you got to be kidding me , you want to cancel the best show on t.v (off the map) best series since mash
omg.. please let the series continue.. i look forward to wednesdays
Greatest show ever!! I cried every episode. Please don’t cancel!!!!!!
I LOVE Off The Map!!!
Please give it a second season!!!
hope it does not get canceled, I thought that my dvr messed up when there was no episode recorded on wednesday. I really like this show, i think even more than Grey’s if that’s possible!
OH MY GOSH OFF THE MAP REALLY SHOULDN’T BE CANCELLED! It is such a great show, and I never miss a single episode! Although it’s another medical show, it’s different because it basically takes place in the jungle! That’s what makes it unique! Like one episode involved a giant anaconda, or when they had to amputate a girls leg under water! They are exciting events in every episode! I think this show just deserves a second chance, and more advertisemnt! Mabye the fact that it’s on at 10pm effects people because it’s kind of late, and they don’t have time… Read more »